Julian Levine

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI) cluster at the UCI School of Education, specializing in Language & Literacy. As a member of the Digital Learning Lab, I am currently conducting research on the Converse to Learn project. My ultimate goal is to use my research to help support learners' language and literacy development.

I hold a B.A. in economics with a minor in psychology from UC San Diego and an M.A. in education with a focus on social research methodologies from UC Berkeley.

As an educator, I taught English in South Korea for two and a half years, tutored calculus at the UC Berkeley Athletic Study Center for a year and a half, and have served as a teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in education at UC Irvine. 

I spend a great deal of my free time learning languages, including Japanese (JLPT N2), Korean (TOPIK 6), and Spanish. In addition, in collaboration with my brother, I make songs and animated music videos for children learning English. 

Research interests: Language and literacy development, vocabulary, educational technology, AI in education, early childhood learning.